This is a practical, introductory guide covering everything you need to know about buying, selling or renting property. Full of easy-to-follow expert advice, this handbook will give even the most seasoned buyer, first-time buyer, landlord, and property developer the confidence to buy wisely and sell or rent profitably. Buying a house but trapped in a property chain? Gazumped, frustrated or just confused by the housing market? "Collins Need to Know - Property" demystifies the property market and provides advice on how to market a property, considerations to make when purchasing, up-to-date advice on the renting market and your obligations as a landlord, plus all the legal issues attached. "Property" is part of the highly successful "Collins Need to Know" series of reference books covering a wide range of popular subjects and diverse activities. Attractively designed, these handy, practical books give you detailed information in a concise and accessible way. The contents include: advice on how to market a property; considerations to make when purchasing; up-to-date advice on the renting market; legal issues; buying property for conversions or unusual properties such as house boats; and a wide range of sites on the World Wide Web where you can find help, advice and even that dream home.
Kate has been buying, selling, renting and renovating old properties for 20 years and spent the last 10 years helping property companies to communicate better with their consumers to help increase their business. Due to her unique consumer and industry insights, the consumer organisation Which? asked Kate to write a series of books on property including Buy, Sell, Move House, Renting and Letting, Develop your Property and the Property Investment Handbook.
Kate is now recognised as one of the leading, independent property experts in the UK and is regularly featured in the national press including The Telegraph, The Independent, The Daily Mail and The Express. She is regularly interviewed on local BBC Radio stations commenting on property issues and has appeared on BBC1's Big Questions, Radio 4's You and Yours, Sky's Women in Property and ITV West news. She has a regular slot on BBC Radio Nottingham commenting on the local property market.
If you want to ask Kate a question or contact her, you can do so via her property website www.designsonproperty.co.uk
